On July 13, 2024, Toronto was soaked with 126mm of rain in about 90 minutes. This amount of rain is the 5th most rain ever recorded for Canada’s most populous […]
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Author: Gabrielle Parent-Doliner
2023 GROAT Awards
Water Rangers’ community members are making big, big contributions to community based water monitoring. Their work and contributions are so valuable that there is no other way to describe them but […]
Press Release: Water Rangers is the new steward of Watershed Reports, powered by AquaAction
WWF-Canada’s Watershed Reports have a new home at Water Rangers, powered by AquaAction. For immediate release : 12 September 2023 (Ottawa, ON) — Canada’s Watershed Reports, the first national-scale assessment […]
Ripple Effect Episode 6: Thames Bluewater Métis Council
This month, Water Rangers’ Ripple Effect spotlights the Thames Bluewater Métis Council (TBWMC) and Margaret Froh, President of the Métis Nation of Ontario. A Rendezvous is a Métis gathering, a […]
Water Rangers is a Data Champion grant recipient
We are so proud to announce that Water Rangers is a Data Champion grant recipient from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. Water Rangers is a Data Champion “Data Champions” […]
Ripple Effect Episode 5: Healing Hamilton’s relationship with its water
This month, Water Rangers met with the Bay Area Restoration Council to profile BARC’s mission representing the public interest in the restoration of the Harbour and its watershed. Welcome to […]
Ripple Effect Episode 2: Annie Michaud and collaborative action for Lake Erie
Welcome to the April edition of The Ripple Effect! Each month, we host Water Testing Weekend. On Water Testing Weekend (the last Sunday of every month), we encourage you to […]
Community-based water monitoring as a way to measure road salts in freshwater
March in the colder parts of North America signals the beginning of spring, with ice off and snow melting. Freshly exposed streets and sidewalks in urban areas are usually not […]
Measuring the impact of fouled waters on people
This is the first part of the four part series, quantifying the impact of Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) and nuisance algae on lakeside communities and people living and visiting the […]
Cladophora in the Great Lakes, and what to do about it
Cladophora is a native algae species in the Great Lakes. While it is not invasive, it certainly feels like an annual summerly invasion when this stinky, slimy green algae shows […]